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Necronos: Tower Of Doom (V)
“As said before, NECRONOS is by far not a flawless movie, but that doesn’t change the fact at all that it’s still helluva good fun from start to finish. If you’re a fan of no-holds-barred indie massacres, which literally drown the screen in a flood of crimson juice, you’ll sure as hell get exactly what you’re looking for when you put this movie into your player and watch Necronos and Goran torture, maim, dissect and brutalize one helpless victim after the other…”
The gore-lovin’ brothers Marc and Lars Rohnstock have already gained some recognition among German splatter fans for their previous slaughter fests DUNGEON OF EVIL and GRAVEYARD OF THE LIVING DEAD. And now they’re back with another wicked-as-hell blood bath called NECRONOS – TOWER OF DOOM, which is by far their freakiest and goriest movie so far.
Blending over-the-top gore with a fair amount of medieval fantasy, NECRONOS tells the story of a powerful black wizard—the eponymous villain of the movie—who is about to create an undefeatable army of the undead for the Horned One himself (Mike Weishaupt). However, to fulfil his purpose and to build an invincible force of hell, Necronos (Thomas Sender) not only needs to team up with an evil sorceress (Manoush) in order to find a virgin witch known as The Chosen One (Saskia Neumueller), whose blood bears powers far beyond anything the human mind can grasp, but he also needs to create a so-called Berserker (Lars Rohnstock)—a superhuman warlord of the underworld, who will lead the Devil’s troops to victory and enslave mankind once and for all. Unfortunately, the creation of such a Berserker ain’t exactly a walk in the park and hence he sends his minion Goran, the Blood Demon (Timo Fuchs), down to Earth to kill all kinds of innocent people and collect a whole lot of bizarre ingredients that are needed for the creation of the hellish warmaster.
And well, that’s about it. From now on we hardly get to see anything else than the obedient Goran bashing in faces, cutting off limbs and ripping out intestines like a maniac until finally all components are gathered and the creation of the Berserker—whose rising is one of the most kick-ass effects in the whole movie—can begin. As you can see, the story of NECRONOS – TOWER OF DOOM is far from being profound and personally I’m pretty sure that it could easily have been told in 90 minutes as well (instead of two hours), but hey, in the end we shouldn’t forget that this is an over-the-top micro-budget splatter fest, so I guess we can turn a blind eye on most of the flick’s little short comings and just enjoy it for what it is: one of the goriest and bloodiest movies that have evolved from the German underground in 2011! And let’s be honest, if a movie like this flickers across your TV screen, I’m pretty sure that deep inside you’d even be a little disappointed, if you wouldn’t see any blatant overacting, stupid character decisions and crude effects at all. Ultimately, these are exactly the things that turned so many grindhouse films of yesteryear into timeless cult ‘n party flicks and in case of NECRONOS these lil’ flaws totally add to the movie’s entertainment value as well.
Nevertheless, one should not make the mistake and think of this film as a cheaply-made home movie, because that would surely not do it any justice at all. The Rohnstock brothers and the rest of the Infernal Films gang put a helluva lot of blood, sweat and tears into the making of this splatter epic and hence they’re able to present us lots ‘n lots of killer locations, costumes, props, sets and effects that are far above the average low-budget gore movie standards. And, to round the total trash flick armageddon off, NECRONOS is also jam-packed with nudity on the one hand and entertaining cameos by the who-is-who of Euro sleaze, trash and splatter on the other. The list of guest stars includes, among others, Andreas Schnass (DON’T WAKE THE DEAD), Marc Trinkholz (VIOLENT SH*T III), Timo Rose (BARRICADE), Marcel Walz (LA PETITE MORT), Magey Kalley (UNRATED – THE MOVIE), Annika Strauss (AVANTGARDE), Kim Sonderholm (TOUR DE FORCE), Martin Hentschel (GHOSTS OF SHERWOOD), Andreas Pape (LEGEND OF HELL) and even the infamous Jochen Taubert (DAS PIRATENMASSAKER)… and, of course, none of ‘em will still be alive when the film’s kick-ass theme song (arranged by Marc Trinkholz and sung by Andy Schnaas) rocks the speakers to shreds and the end credits roll across the screen!
As said before, NECRONOS is by far not a flawless movie, but that doesn’t change the fact at all that it’s still helluva good fun from start to finish. If you’re a fan of no-holds-barred indie massacres, which literally drown the screen in a flood of crimson juice, you’ll sure as hell get exactly what you’re looking for when you put this movie into your player and watch Necronos and Goran torture, maim, dissect and brutalize one helpless victim after the other. Sure, this film is as far from being for the easily offended as it can get, but then again, it’s a flick that’s been made by die-hard fans of over-the-top gore fests such as CANNIBAL HOLOCAUST and ZOMBIE FLESH EATERS, so I guess it’s no wonder that you’d rather see a Twisted Sister pin on Tipper Gore’s blouse than a PG-13 rating on NECRONOS’ cover. This being said, whatcha waiting for, Goran? Wield the axe of death and let the blood run red!
This week kicked off with the release of hippo horror movie Hungry at home, and four more horror movies have arrived for at-home viewing as we head into the final weekend of June.
Here are the new horror movies that released on Friday, June 26, 2026!
The Halloween season can no longer be contained to the months of September and October, with “Summerween” becoming a thing in recent years. Essentially, it allows for Halloween to bleed into the warmer Summer months, and the first ever Summerween movie has arrived.
The Asylum released Summerween onto Digital outlets today.
In the film from writer/director Ryan Ebert, “On Summerween, a former circus clown escapes a mental institution to return to his abandoned mansion and hunt the teens partying there.”
Cole Chapleski, Chase Breithoff, Logan Roe, Sophia Sabol, and Clint Morrison star.
Director Ryan Ebert is the man behind a string of recent indie horrors we’ve covered, including Shark Side of the Moon, The Jolly Monkey, Jurassic Reborn, and Predator: Wastelands.
A witchy coming-of-age story from Dark Sky Films, Camp is now playing in select theaters.
Check your local listings to find a theater near you.
Camp is from writer-director Avalon Fast (Honeycomb, The Serpent’s Skin).
“Emily is the root cause of two devastating tragedies very early in her life, and she feels the weight of these accidents as though cursed. At her father’s suggestion, she takes a position at a summer camp for troubled youth to ease her guilt. When Emily arrives, she is welcomed by the other counselors, who accept her as she is and surround her with peace and forgiveness.
“As Emily begins to believe in a new kind of life, she starts to hear a voice whispering from deep in the woods — one that urges her to go home, and one that may be impossible to ignore.”
The film stars Zola Grimmer in her screen debut alongside Alice Wordsworth, Cherry Moore, Lea Rose Sebastianis (Castration Movie Part 1 & 2, In A Violent Nature), Ella Reece, Austyn Van de Kamp (This Too Shall Pass), Sophie Bawks-Smith (Honeycomb), Izza Jarvis, and Aiden Laudersmith.
Producers Tyler Perry and Jason Blum have joined forces for Peacock Original Strung.
The film is now streaming only on Peacock.
“A talented violinist takes a prestigious job as a music tutor for the gifted daughter of an influential and enigmatic family. As she becomes entangled in their opulent world, unsettling secrets begin to surface, forcing her to question her safety, her dreams, and even her sanity.”
Malcolm D. Lee (Scary Movie 5, Space Jam: A New Legacy) directs from a script written by Alan B. McElroy (Wrong Turn, Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers).
Chloe Bailey (“Swarm“), Lynn Whitfield (Jaws: The Revenge), Lucien Laviscount (“Scream Queens”), Anna Diop (Us), Coco Jones (Vampires vs. the Bronx), Langley Kirkwood (“Banshee”), and Romy Woods star in Peacock’s Strung.
Produced by Diablo Cody, director Meredith Alloway’s Forbidden Fruits brought a new coven of witches to the big screen earlier this year, and it’s now streaming on Shudder.
Lola Tung (“The Summer I Turned Pretty”), Victoria Pedretti (“The Haunting of Hill House”), Alexandra Shipp (Tragedy Girls), Gabrielle Union (Breaking In), and Emma Chamberlain star in Forbidden Fruits, released by IFC and Shudder.
Free Eden employee Apple secretly runs a witchy femme cult in the basement of the mall store after hours. But when new hire Pumpkin challenges the group’s ‘girl boss’ ways, the women are forced to face their own poisons or succumb to a bloody fate.
“Forbidden Fruits grabbed me by the neck the very first time I read it,” Diablo Cody said. “It’s one of the craziest, most creative, beautifully bonkers projects I’ve ever worked on.”
Meagan Navarro writes in her review for Bloody Disgusting, “Forbidden Fruits may not necessarily forge new terrain in the teen satire space, but Alloway brings so much style and energy to her well-cast single-location stage play adaptation for the Gen Z crowd.”
The film is an adaptation of playwright Lily Houghton’s stage play Of the Women Came the Beginning of Sin and Through Her We All Die. Alloway and Houghton co-adapted.
This week’s new release roundups are presented by HUNGRY.
All aboard the swamp tour from hell – this hippo isn’t playing games…
HUNGRY is now available on Digital. Watch it now!
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